7 - 40 Most Beautiful Arias VA
CD 1
1. Nessun Dorma (Turandot)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Plácido Domingo, tenor
Conductor Nello Santi
Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
2. Habanera (Carmen)
Georges Bizet
Soloist Julia Migenes, mezzo-soprano
Conductor Lorin Maazel
Orchestra Orchestre National de France
3. Una furtiva lagrima (L'elisir d amore)
Gaetano Donizetti
Soloist Roberto Alagna, tenor
Conductor Marcello Viotti
Orchestra English Chamber Orchestra
4. Micaëla's aria (Carmen)
Georges Bizet
Soloist Angela Gheorghiu, soprano
Conductor Giuseppe Sinopoli
Orchestra Bayerisches Staatsorchester
5. Pearlfishers' Duet
Georges Bizet
Soloist Jerry Hadley, tenor; Thomas Hampson, baritone
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
6. Ombra mai fu (Serse) - "Handel's Largo"
George Frederic Handel
Soloist Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Conductor Jesús López-Cobos
Orchestra Orchestre de Chambre de Lausanne
7. Dido's Lament
Henry Purcell
Soloist Véronique Gens, soprano
Conductor William Christie
Orchestra Les Arts Florissants
8. Voi che sapete (Le Nozze di Figaro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloist Cecilia Bartoli, soprano
Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
9. Soave sia il vento (Così fan tutte)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloists Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano; Frederica von Stade, mezzo-soprano; Jules Bastin, bass
Conductor Alain Lombard
Orchestra Orchestre Philharmonique de Strasbourg
10. Softly awakes my heart (Samson and Delilah)
Camille Saint-Saëns
Soloist Olga Borodina, mezzo-soprano; José Cura, tenor
Conductor Colin Davis
Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
11. Pourquoi me réveiller (Werther)
Jules Massenet
Soloist Jerry Hadley, tenor; Anne Sophie von Otter, mezzo-soprano
Conductor Kent Nagano
Orchestra Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Lyon
12. La donna è mobile (Rigoletto)
Giuseppe Verdi
Soloist Richard Leech, tenor
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra Orchestra of Welsh National Opera
13. O silver moon (Rusalka)
Antonín Dvorák
Soloist Eva Urbanová, soprano
Conductor Ondrej Lenárd
Orchestra Prague Symphony Orchestra
14. Un bel dì vedremo [One fine day] (Madame Butterfly)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, soprano
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Orchestra Münchner Rundfunkorchester
15. Donna non vidi mai (Manon Lescaut)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Plácido Domingo, tenor
Conductor José Cura
Orchestra Philharmonia Orchestra
16. Brindisi : Libiamo ne' lieti calici (La traviata)
Giuseppe Verdi
Soloist Neil Shicoff, tenor; Edita Gruberova, soprano
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
17. Vissi d'arte (Tosca)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Conductor Kent Nagano
Orchestra Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Lyon
18. Che gelida manina [Your tiny hand is frozen] (La Bohème)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist José Carreras, tenor
Conductor James Colon
Orchestra Orchestre National de France
19. Sì. Mi chiamano Mimì (La Bohème)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Barbara Hendricks, soprano
Conductor James Conlon
Orchestra Orchestre National de France
20. O soave fanciulla (La Bohème)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Barbara Hendricks, soprano; José Carreras, tenor
Conductor James Conlon
Orchestra Orchestre National de France
Tracklist CD 2
1. O mio babbino caro (Gianni Schicchi)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, soprano
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Orchestra Münchner Rundfunkorchester
2. Ebben? Ne andrò lontana (La Wally)
Alfredo Catalani
Soloist Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, soprano
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Orchestra Münchner Rundfunkorchester
3. Barcarolle - Belle nuit, ô nuit d'amour (The Tales of Hoffmann)
Jacques Offenbach
Soloist Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Conductor Jesús López-Cobos
Orchestra Münchner Rundfunkorchester
4. La fleur que tu m'avais jetée [Flower Song] (Carmen)
Georges Bizet
Soloist Plácido Domingo, tenor
Conductor Lorin Maazel
Orchestra Orchestre National de France
5. Signore, ascolta! (Turandot)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Conductor Kent Nagano
Orchestra Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Lyon
6. Un dì felice (La traviata)
Giuseppe Verdi
Soloist Neil Shicoff, tenor; Edita Gruberova, soprano
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra London Symphony Orchestra
7. Dôme épais le jasmin [Flower Duet] (Lakmé)
Léo Delibes
Soloist Hei-Kyung Hong, soprano; Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Conductor Jesús López-Cobos
Orchestra Münchner Rundfunkorchester
8. Porgi amor (Le nozze di Figaro)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloist Lella Cuberli, soprano
Conductor Daniel Barenboim
Orchestra Berliner Philharmoniker
9. Dalla sua pace (Don Giovanni)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloist Hans-Peter Blochwitz, tenor
Conductor Nikolaus Harnoncourt
Orchestra Royal Concertgebouw Orchestra
10. Casta diva (Norma)
Vincenzo Bellini
Soloist Maria Callas, soprano
Conductor Arturo Basile
Orchestra Orchestra Sinfonica della RAI
11. Lascia ch'io pianga (Rinaldo)
George Frederic Handel
Soloist Marilyn Horne, mezzo-soprano
Conductor Claudio Scimone
Orchestra I Solisti Veneti
12. J'ai perdu mon Eurydice / Che farò senza Euridice / What is life? (Orpheé et Eurydice) Christoph Willibald Gluck
Soloist Susan Graham, mezzo-soprano
Conductor Harry Bickett
Orchestra Orchestra of the Age of Enlightenment
13. Bei Männern, weiche Liebe fühlen (Die Zauberflöte)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Soloist Rosa Mannion, soprano; Anton Scharinger, baritone
Conductor William Christie
Orchestra Les Arts Florissants
14. Celeste Aida (Aida)
Giuseppe Verdi
Soloist Plácido Domingo, tenor
Conductor Nello Santi
Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
15. Chi il bel sogno di Doretta [Doretta's song] (La rondine)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Kiri Te Kanawa, soprano
Conductor Kent Nagano
Orchestra Orchestre de L'Opéra National de Lyon
16. Amor ti vieta (Fedora)
Umberto Giordano
Soloist Plácido Domingo, tenor
Conductor Nello Santi
Orchestra Orchester der Deutschen Oper Berlin
17. Vilja-Lied (Die lustige Witwe)
Franz Lehár
Soloist Karita Mattila, soprano
Conductor Yutaka Sado
Orchestra London Philharmonic Orchestra
18. E lucevan le stelle (Tosca)
Giacomo Puccini
Soloist Plácido Domingo, tenor
Conductor Zubin Mehta
Orchestra Orchestra Sinfonica di Roma della RAI
19. Ave Maria (Otello)
Giuseppe Verdi
Soloist Cristina Gallardo-Domâs, soprano
Conductor Maurizio Barbacini
Orchestra Münchner Rundfunkorchester
20. Non più mesta (La Cenerentola)Composer Gioachimo Rossini
Soloist Jennifer Larmore, mezzo-soprano
Chorus Covent Garden Royal Opera House Chorus
Conductor Carlo Rizzi
Orchestra Orchestra of the Royal Opera House